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06/06/2016 - Climbing
Enrico Baistrocchi: California, climbing, work and a touch of nostalgia At Mt. Woodson, San Diego, California, where Enrico Baistrocchi moved to work as a route setter and climbing coach, the Italian climber has made the first ascent of Ancora Vivo, at V12 the hardest boulder problem in the area and...
01/06/2016 - Events
The North Face Mountain Festival 2016 at Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland From 16 - 18 September 2016 at Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland The North Face hosts its Mountain Festival, weekend of adventurous mountain activities at the foot of the Eiger.
24/05/2016 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Mont Blanc Major Route: ski descent by Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra Dano On 6 May 2016 the mountain guides from Courmayeur Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra Dano skied the Major Route down the East Face of Mont Blanc. Theirs is only the second descent of this line in 37 years, after the...
21/05/2016 - Competitions
Bouldering World Cup 2016 - Innsbruck live The fifth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2016 takes place at Innsbruck in Austria today. The Semifinals start at 13:00 while the finals take place at 20:00.
18/05/2016 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Matterhorn East Face ski descent: in the right place at the right time Giulia Monego, Liv Sansoz, Lorraine Huber and Melissa Presslaber and their ski descent down the East Face of the Matterhorn. Giulia Monego reports.
16/05/2016 - Competitions
Bouldering World Cup 2016: first victories for Miho Nonaka and Kokoro Fujii in India The fourth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2016 was won in Navi Mumbai, India, yesterday by Japanese climbers Miho Nonaka and Kokoro Fujii. Monika Retschy and Tomoa Narasaki took silver, Akiyo Noguchi and Alexey Rubtsov won bronze.
14/05/2016 - Competitions
Bouldering World Cup 2016: India live The fourth stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2016 is currently unfolding at Navi Mumbai in India.
12/05/2016 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat film - Reinhold Messner, Günther Messner and choices PlayAlpinismo films: Nanga Parbat by Joseph Vilsmaier is the story of Reinhold and Günther Messner, of their great first ascent of the Nanga Parbat Rupal Face, of a tragedy and how a mountain can mark someone's destiny. The film review...
10/05/2016 - Climbing
Luca Giupponi new Italian Climbing Team Manager The Italian sport climbing Federation has announced that Luca Giupponi is the new Team Manager. Yesterday Giupponi announced the athletes that will take place in the next stage of the Bouldering World Cup, scheduled to take place in Innsbruck, Austria,...
09/05/2016 - Alpinism
Mummy heads into the mountains Although Mother’s Day was yesterday, today we’re publishing this short and beautiful write-up by Federica Maslowsky who reminds us what it’s like to be a mother (and alpinist). Long live mothers, every day!
06/05/2016 - Alpinism
Alpinism and caving: underground ice climbing at Brezno pod Velbom Out of the ordinary mountaineering in Slovenia: Luca Vallata recalls the ascent, carried out together with Matteo Rivadossi and Andrea Tocchini, of one of the longest and most continuous ice climbs in the Eastern Alps. The icefall is not located...
02/05/2016 - Alpinism
Alex Lowe and David Bridges: bodies found in the Himalaya, 16 years after struck by avalanche The bodies of Alex Lowe, one of the strongest American mountaineers of all time, and David Bridges, have been discovered in the Himalaya 16 years after having been swept away by an avalanche while climbing Shishapangma (8027m), Tibet. Their remains...
26/04/2016 - Climbing
Jerry Moffatt: from the Campus Board to early sports climbing training Video interview with British rock climber Jerry Moffatt, one of the driving forces in sports climbing and bouldering during the 1980's and 1990’s. The interview also features early footage of Moffatt training together with Ben Moon in their Sheffield cellar.
24/04/2016 - Climbing
Bouldering World Cup 2016: Kazo live The second stage of the IFSC Boulder World Cup 2016 is currently taking place in Kazo, Japan.
20/04/2016 - Competitions
Patrouille des Glaciers 2016, the race is on from Zermatt to Verbier Last night the classic ski mountaineering competition Patrouille des Glaciers 2016 got underway. Staged once every two years, 4700 athletes have registered for the 20th edition.
19/04/2016 - Book-press
Joe Tasker, alpinism and its Savage arena A book for dreamers: Savage arena by Joe Tasker. A story about a form of alpinism that has perhaps disappeared but which has certainly left its mark in history. The book review by Ivo Ferrari.
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